Coin-holder.



No. 708,733. Patented Sept. 9, I902.

s. RAY. com HOLDER.

(Application filed Feb. 17, 1902.)

PATENT OFFICE.

STANLEY BAY, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

COIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,733, dated September 9, 1902.

Application filed February 17,1902. Serial No. 94,357. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STANLEY RAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Coin-Holders, of which the following description, in connection With the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel and compact device for holding coins so that the user may have convenient access thereto when it is desired to withdraw one or more of the coins.

The various novel features of my invention will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the following claims.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a coinholder embodying one form of my invention, the inclosing case being open. Fig. 2 is a sectional View thereof on the'line w 00, Fig. 1, showing more clearly the manner in which the coins are held in place. Fig. 3 is a simi lar view, but illustrating the position in which the coin-holder is held by the user when ready to open the case and extract' a coin. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the coin holder proper or raceway removed from the case; and Fig. 5 is a similar View showing a modified form of raceway, to be described.

The coin-holder comprises, essentially, an inclosing case having a movable cover and a coin-retaining raceway therein, the case Ct being herein shown as flattened and substantially oval in shape, provided for convenience with a ring a, by which it may be attached to a chain after the manner of a watch. At one of its longer sides a cover a is hinged to the case, as at a (see dotted lines, Fig. 1,) and normally the cover is retained in closed position by any suitable springcatch a. The thickened or reinforced body a of the case has suitably secured within it an elongated trough-like raceway B (shown separately in Fig. 4) and comprising a bottom b and upturned longitudinal sides I), with an upturned rest I) at' its lower end, said end forming an acute angle with the bottom. In

cross-section the raceway is substantially elliptical, with its major axis practically equal to the external diameter of the particular coin which is designed to be used, so that when a series of suchcoins are inserted in the raceway they will be superposed one upon another in an inclined position relatively to the length of the raceway, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. A cross-bar b spans the top of the raceway from one to the other side,

and I have shown in Figs. 1 to 4: said bar as having a central prong or detent b at its lower side, a delivery-opening 19 being presented between the bar and the stop b*. The upper ends of the sides I) are bent in, as at b to fit the case and leaving an entrance for the coins above the bar b To fill the holder, the case being opened, the coins C are inserted one after another,

the first coin, as c, sliding down until the 7 lower part of its rim engages the stop b and then the remaining coins are inserted until the raceway is filled. Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the top of the rim of the next to the endmost coin, as c, is engaged by the detent b and while the cover a of the case is shut the endmost coin has a very limited movement toward parallelism with the stop. When the case is held in the position shown in Fig. 3, however, and the cover is opened, the weight of the column of coins will act upon the endmost coin c, turning it on its lower edge as a fulcrum up into dottedline position against the stop 17 At such time the coin can be readily withdrawn by grasping it between the thumb and finger, as the stop 11 is of much less area than the coin; but even when the end most coin is turned up against the stop the next coin c will still be engaged by the detent b. As soon as the endmost coin is withdrawn the lower part of the coin 0 slides down against the stop, andits upper edge is released from the detent, so

that such coin may swing up against the stop, and the detent engages the coin next above it. Closing of the cover a turns the endmost coin down into the f ull-line position, Fig. 3, and the case can then be replaced in the pocket.

In Fig. 5 the raceway D is constructed substantially as has been described; but the cross-bard has the detent d made as a button or catch,pivoted at d on the cross-bar to be turned into and out of position by the user, as desired.

My invention forms a convenient, cheap,

and serviceable coin-holder, and the case may be made as ornamental as desired, and the construction and arrangement herein shown and described may be varied in different particulars without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A coin-holder comprising an inclosing case having a movable cover, and a raceway Within the case, to receive a series of coins superposed one upon the other and inclined relatively to the length of the raceway, said raceway being substantially elliptical in crosssection and provided at its lower end with an upturned stop, and having on its top a detent to engage and hold the rim of the next to the endmost coin of a series, the endmost coin being free to move against the stop into position to be withdrawn when the case is opened.

2. A coin-holder comprising an inclosing case having a movable cover, and a troughlike raceway within the case provided at its lower, delivery end with an upturned stop for the endmost coin, and means on the raceway to engage the rim of and retain in place the next to the endmost coin when the case is opened, removal of the endmost coin effecting the release of the next coin and permitting it to move forward against the stop.

3. A coin-holder comprising a flattened,

substantially oval case having a cover hinged thereto at its side, and an elongated, troughlike raceway secured within the case and extending in the direction of its length, said raceway having an upturned stop at its lower end and an adjacent delivery-opening, and means on the raceway at the upper end of the delivery-opening to engage the rim of and retain in place the next to the endmost coin, the endmost coin moving into position against the stop when the cover of the case is opened.

4. A coin holder comprising a flattened case having a cover hinged thereto at its side, an elongated trough-like raceway in the case and adapted to receive a series of coins superposed one upon the other in an inclined position, said raceway having an upturned stop at its lower end and a detent to engage the rim of the next to the endmost coin, opening of the cover permitting the endmost coin to swing on its edge into upright position against the stop, withdrawal of such coin releasing the next coin from the detent and permitting it to slide down the raceway against the stop.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STANLEY RAY.

WVitnesses:

JOHN G. EDWARDS, HERMAN J. SARTORIS. 

